Globe-holder.



T. J. LITLE, JR.

GLOBB HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED D130. 26, 1913.

1,096,042. Patented May 12, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES LPATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JAMES LITLE, JR., OF WOODBUBY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 WELSBACH LIGHT COMPANY, OF GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GLOBE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Original application filed September 7, 1912, Serial 110. 719,112. Divided and this application filed December To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. LITLE, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of oodbury, in the county of Gloucester and State'of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Globe- Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an in verted incandescent gas burner provided with one form of my improved spring ring holder; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the globe holder and its supporting loop.

My invention relates to spring ring holders for globes or shades, and is designed to provide a cheap and eflicient means for securing the spring ring in position in the holder which will permit the spring ring to perform its function, and at the same time prevent it from becoming disengaged from the holder.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this character in which neither the globe holder nor the loop in the ring must be distorted or bent when the ring is inserted.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes may be made in the details of construction and general arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 2 designates a globe holder for an incandescent gas lamp of the inverted type. This globe holder is provided with the usual flange 3, which is bent inwardly to form a groove or recess for the reception of the spring ring 4, which is arranged to secure the globe in position in the holder. This ring is formed of a single piece of spring wire and is provided with a supporting loop 5 at one side thereof, which extends through a slot 6 in the flange of the holder.

The spring ring may be of any desired Serial No. 808,680.

form, and may act either by contraction or expansion. In the form shown, it is expanded by the tension of the wire, and its projecting handles 7 pass through slots 8, having hooks 9 to receive them when pressed into holding position. The ring is inserted in position in the usual way, and the loop 5 is held from disengagement with the flange 3 by means of a wire clip 10, which isslipped over the loop to prevent movement beyond the slot.

The advantages of my invention will be readily apparent, as I provide means for locking the ring in the globe holder; which means can readily be removed inorder to remove the ring from the globe holder, and which can also be readily placed in position after the ring has been inserted into the globe holder.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 719,112, filed September 7 1912.

I claim:

1. A shade or globe holder having an annular flange, a ring-like shade-retaining element having a loop extension, there being a slot formed in said flange through which said loop is adapted to extend, and a retaining member formed separately from the flange and extending through said loop; substantially as described.

2. A shade or globe holder having an annular flange, there being a plurality of slots formed in said flange, a shade retainer having a loop, and a plurality of handles ex tending through said slots in the flange, and a wire clip passing through the loop on the shade retaining element 011 the outside of the flange.

In a globe or shade holder, an annular sheet-metal flange, a ring-like wire shaderetaining element having a U-shaped projection, said flange having a slot formed therein, through which said projection eX- tends, a retaining member just over said flange extending transversely of the slot therein, and between said flange and the end of the U-shaped projection, said member being arranged to retain said projection against disengagement from said flange, said ring-like element having its ends oflset to form operating handles which extend flange and attached to said loop, substanthrough the flange; substantially as detially as described, 10 scribed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 4. A shade or globe holder having an anmy hand. nular flange, a ring-like shade-retaining ele- THOMAS JAMES LITLE, JR. inent having a loop extending through a \Vitnesses: a slot in the flange, and a retaining member JJOHNSON, separate from and movable relatively to the EDGAR LENTON.

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